ORDER :

This civil revision petition, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, by the unsuccessful petitioner/1st defendant is directed against the orders dated 14.02.2019, of the learned I Additional District Judge, West Godavari at Eluru, passed in IA.No.1253 of 2018 in OS.No.38 of 2014 filed under Order VI Rule 17 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (‘the Code’, for brevity) allowing the plaintiff to delete the names of defendants 2 to 10 and to amend the plaint.

2. Heard Sri Venkaiah, learned counsel appearing for the revision petitioner/1st defendant and Sri Damaraju Madhusudhan Vijay Kumar, learned counsel for the 1st respondent/plaintiff.

3. The case of the plaintiff in the affidavit filed in support of the request for amendment of the plaint, in brief, is this:

The suit is filed for declaration of title over the plaint schedule property and for possession of the same. When the suit is coming up for trial, on 10.01.2017, the plaintiff came to know that the 10th defendant died leaving behind him his wife and three children. The plaintiff filed applications to set aside the abatement and bring the legal representatives of the deceased 10th defendant on record, along with d